#A838C5#A838C5

#A838C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.220 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A838C5
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 64.50, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 82.78, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1645 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.22 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6393, 15.1857, 54.2877)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A838C5 #55C538

analogous

#6238C5 #A838C5 #C5389B

triadic

#A838C5 #C5A838 #38C5A8

tetradic

#A838C5 #C56238 #55C538 #389BC5

square

#A838C5 #C56238 #55C538 #389BC5

split-complementary

#A838C5 #9BC538 #38C562

monochromatic

#571D66 #7F2A95 #A838C5 #BD67D4 #D296E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#A838C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A838C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A838C5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A838C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A838C5	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4070C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a838c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.220 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c679d7',
    500: '#a838c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a838c5;
$custom-light: #c679d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a838c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56188,
    "c": 0.21972,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A838C5

secondary

#99CD8C

accent

#DF4968

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A838C5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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